By the time the 1860 census data was collected for tabulation, the nation was just starting the American Civil War allowing census staff to only produce abbreviated reports. The Census staff did create a cartographic display including maps of southern states for Union troops.

Milton Bradley captured the imaginations of children and entertained families for generations as a leading manufacturer of games and toys. Bradley started as a draughtsman and lithographer, eventually designing the widely successful board game, “The Checkered Game of Life.”

Due to the popularity of Game of Life, he launched the Milton Bradley and Company in 1860 in Springfield, MA. Bradley retained his position as game manufacturer until his death in 1911. One of the longest running and popular board games in history, players in the Game of Life journey through education, careers, marriage, children, insurance, retirement and each players meets “the day of reckoning,” otherwise known as death.
Milton Bradley at the age of 23 in the 1860 Census.

Historical Events Surrounding 1860 US Census

February 9, 1861: Jefferson Davis resigns from the senate and becomes the provisional president of the Confederate States of America.

June 22, 1865: The last shot of the American Civil War is fired. The last confederate general surrenders his troops on June 23, 1865.

February 28, 1854: The republican party was founded.

January 1, 1863: Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, offering freedom to the 3.1 million slaves of the confederacy.